Taco Sauce TX Pro Build: Custom LT, 37’s, Tundra Axle Swap, and now a Back Half?

F*ck yeah! Let'sss goooooo! Love how it soaks up those high speed whoops.

Never gets old....

 

Here I am watching it over and over trying to figure out how to make it even better haha

 

I'm sure there's a lot of people on the sidelines, me included, that completely encourage your brainstorming!

 

Suspension tooning?


Or face lift? Or both?

 

Slow start. Need to grab tube this week or next weekend. But tucking things up as tight as I can is the plan.

trimmed up the grille so I can recess the light bar further back.



redid the cross member with some supports so it is nice and strong. Plan is to throw a receiver hitch in the design for a removable winch so I don’t have that weight up front full time.



approach angle potential is awesome.

 

Hoping it doesn’t snowball into redoing all the skids, but there is potential for it. Need to figure out the transition from the front main skid to the ifs skid.

 

#spyhunter #machineguns

 

Insert winch where pictured lol. Little receiver hitch will barely protrude from the skid

 

Pro tip: Use metal not cardboard. It's a lot tougher.

 

That section is purely a “fuck that bush” section. So a little bit of light structure and light skid. Just need to protect the radiator. Probably gonna double up the cardboard and call it good

 

Picked up steel yesterday and made some good progress.

 

As always it's looking really good. You're going to be much happier with the steel over the cardboard.

 

Aaannnnnnd truck funds gone again. Tow pig acquired.

 

Brought her home tonight. Gonna need to name her soon.

 

Beautiful truck for sure!

 

Shenanigans

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8tCgbHxafz/?igsh=MTYxdmsxNXExNng0cQ==

 

Bumper finished up finally after slacking because of the heat. Only thing left is to figure out where I’m going to mount the removable winch. Space is pretty limited lol.

 

New bumper estimated somewhere between 30-40lbs lighter than the old one as well. Which is a huge gain and what I was hoping for

 

Prep for sand hollow at the end of the month underway. Love these jack stands. Can get the truck fully drooped with tires on in the garage finally.



But on the downside…..



That used main I threw in before koh didn’t last too long. Starting to be a recurring theme with this truck and busting main leafs. Wouldn’t be an issue with links

Springs were starting to sag anyways after about 2 years of abuse. So gonna order up some freshies for this trip and keep this thing going.

 

Ryan,
Fabricator Extraordinaire, heat⁉️ Shit buddy you’re more than welcome to come and work in my garage with Master Cool evaporative cooler blowing through a 12” thick pad it’s a beautiful 95 to 99 degrees inside with God knows how much Humidity! It’s so beautiful in the garage you can stand in the breeze from the cooler and sweat. LOL

Oh, I Anticipate someone 3UR or a smaller aluminum LS swapping their Taco and linking the back half any day now? Might as well because theirs not much Toyota left.
And hopefully you have gotten that job premonition you wanted so badly!

Oh, I still need your expert services. Just been waiting for my LS swapped 5 lug to get completely re-wired because I don’t want a Carbecue!!